# NIH Reporter #5K08AR078372-05

The Role of Hormonal Dysregulation in Systemic Sclerosis

**Recipient:** Medical University of South Carolina

**Award Amount:** $186,624.00
**Ceiling:** $186,624.00

**Awarded:** September 10, 2026

**Identifier:** 5K08AR078372-05

NIH grant awarded to Medical University of South Carolina to study estrogen's role in skin fibrosis in systemic sclerosis, aiming to develop targeted therapies.

### Description

This project aims to investigate the role of estrogen and hormonal dysregulation in promoting skin fibrosis in systemic sclerosis (SSc), with the goal of developing targeted therapies using estrogen modulators.

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